It appeared to be TOO conservative to a degree... seems the wrong plays called at the wrong time. They should have been much more aggressive after the INT and they weren't. That was the time to put a nail in the coffin..gave the Ravens life if not for Condiff's foot!

Agree it was bad game calling from whoever either Brady or O'brien. After Spikes got the interception I thought a couple of runs from the LawFirm would be in order but that deep pass to Slater into double coverage was 1 of the worst calls not only today but all year. Shocking call.

Agreed....the Edelman factor was hard to stomach and to a degree understand the "element of surpirse" in the game...in fact Parcells talked about it on CBS today in these types of games...but let's go Gronk, Deion, Hernandez, Welker as the horses and throw to your Edlemans and Slaters after a few checkdowns....in the end let's put Josh into play and come up with a great game plan in two weeks......against the 49ers as it looks right now!!!

I will reserve my judgement after hearing from many of you...only one thought...deep to Matt Slater better not happen in 2 weeks...please comment..Posted by chiz33

I'll have to say...there was no reason, nothing, to justify calling this play. Pats were up by 3 with 7 minutes left. They were doing a good job dinkin an dunkin and without a doubt would've burned at least 5 mins off the clock before they invariably score a TD or at the very least a FG. I really wonder who was to blame for this.

In Response to BOB's play calling..... : I'll have to say...there was no reason, nothing, to justify calling this play. Pats were up by 3 with 7 minutes left. They were doing a good job dinkin an dunkin and without a doubt would've burned at least 5 mins off the clock before they invariably score a TD or at the very least a FG. I really wonder who was to blame for this.Posted by dastardly

It appeared to be TOO conservative to a degree... seems the wrong plays called at the wrong time. They should have been much more aggressive after the INT and they weren't. That was the time to put a nail in the coffin..gave the Ravens life if not for Condiff's foot!Posted by agcsbill

Hit the nail on the head. Wrong plays called at wrong time. First way too conservative and then recklessy agressive. Head scratchers and Heart Stoppers.

In Response to Re: BOB's play calling..... : And Slater is not a good reciever !!!!!!Posted by TSWFAN

Exactly. My best guess wass that since he's a relative unknown, he wouldn't generate the same coverage others would've. But Brady did not even look at who was open. He just went ahead anyway and like a robot threw it based on the designed play.

I don't whether that is his call or Brady's. Looking at the game as a whole I'm tempted to blame Brady for forcing it deep into double coverage. We may never know though.Posted by Rerun85

Agreed. I have never liked OB's play calling but at least he committed to up tempo, and after that it's hard to tell whether it was Brady or OB making the calls. Not a great game plan, but not horrible either, just poor execution by Brady, and not quite enough different looks (e.g. went to the Hernandez run well way to much!)

In Response to BOB's play calling..... : Agree. B O'B called a poor game. we should have won this game 35-20Posted by kansaspatriot

I agree we stopped running when it was working..not playing Ocho was not smart since Gronk had to block quite a bit..mini receivers running routes outside the hashes were bad calls Brady trying to force it..

We didnt grind the clock out after the Spikes interception..That play call to Slater was stupid.. call that from the 50 on first down in the middle of the game..timimg was ugly..

Agree it was bad game calling from whoever either Brady or O'brien. After Spikes got the interception I thought a couple of runs from the LawFirm would be in order but that deep pass to Slater into double coverage was 1 of the worst calls not only today but all year. Shocking call.Posted by Brad34

i agree, they were running the ball well and probably would have come out with at least a fg while killing some clock. it was the worst call of the year and he's made some bad ones. the patriots should have won this game by at least 10 points, maybe more. bjge played very well and the defense made some plays too.

I highly doubt that O'Brien would've called that play in that situation. It was either an audible or it was Brady's call all the way.

If O'Brien did call that play, I guarantee he doesn't want to hear what Bellichick has to say about it. There's just no way that play gets dialed up with 7 minutes to go, a 3 point lead, the ball at the fifty, in the 4th quarter, against this defense. No way.